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Ray L. Bieber

Works great!

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2022

Many things to like about this product:

1. Lightweight and slim profile.
2. "Stretchable" band has many holes for the buckle and is very easy to wear normally or real tight when exercising.
3. The very normal gesture and arm motion to look at the watch face works flawlessly - the screen lights up immediately and stays on plenty long enough to view the information. Another reviewer made a comment about requiring weird arm and elbow actions to get the screen to light up, I've not experienced that whatsoever.
4. I use the computer (Windows PC) web application, not the smartphone mobile app. The PC version was very easy to install and configure. As soon as I connect the watch via the USB cable the application immediately synchronizes with the web application. It was easy to change the list of Training activities to suit my preferences.
5. The summary information and reports are well designed to see training history and progress.
6. I compared the heart rate displayed on the watch with a pulse-oximeter I have and also with a Precor treadmill heart rate display - the watch was always within a few bpm of the other measurements.
7. Battery life is very good, and charges rapidly from a USB port.

Highly recommended.

9 people found this helpful

julie kaz

Great watch!

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2023

I looked for a long time for a replacement tracker/watch and decided to stay with polar and I am not disappointed. I chose the Ignite 2. There are a lot of great features and I really like the polar app. Very user friendly. The band looked a lot different so I added a picture of what it actually looks like. Im a little worried it may start to look dirty as I do a lot of outdoor yard work.

4 people found this helpful

Too cimplex to easily use.

Jay E.

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2022

Size: S-LColor: Champagne / GoldVerified Purchase

I had destroyed previous unit by leaving in shoe in the sun and it baked.

The new watch is very complex to use - as:
- start/stop sleep period
- start/stop exercise period.

3 people found this helpful

archie norris

Works Great

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2022

This watch works excellent for tracking workouts and running. The real time data while running is accurate and very helpful. The reports and data on sleeping are excellent.

Big plus you do not need to connect to phone or google. I really like that my data is not with Apple or google. Work well connecting to laptop. Also, very nice while working out or hiking; no text, emails, notifications like google or apple watch.

8 people found this helpful

The Worst technological experience I've ever had

David W. Griffin

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2021

Size: S-LColor: Champagne / GoldVerified Purchase

I'm updating my review because after all the time I had it, it managed to almost work for most of that time. What is almost impossible is updating it either by computer or by phone. By computer it will take you days to get the update to work (maybe). By phone it will never work (bluetooth lost). Normal syncs work maybe 50% of the time, but sync well enough to get your workouts to the cloud.

I don't think it is reporting my heart rate very well (at least compared to my old Polar device), it tends to report it as lower than it is. Also the user interface pretty much will drive you insane and also it tends to lock up so it no longer works (sometimes during a workout). If you reset it often it tends to behave itself. It does not speak to iPhones to report notifications, despite implying that it does.

This is the worst technology experience I've ever had, and I was a software engineer for 35 years and had a lot of computers and devices. This is just such a poor device in terms of software and/or hardware (software I suspect) that I can't recommend ANYONE buy this. And any other polar device will, I suspect, suffer from the performance of the polar app on computers. Note I have a iMac and an iPhone. It's just possible they do better on PCs. I will leave my former reviews below in case they should be helpful, but you don't really need it.

First, it seems to underestimate heart rate relative to my previous Polar chest strap and watch. Judging from how my heart feels, I suspect the heart strap is more accurate. Second, syncing takes a lot of time and it seems to want to do the next sync immediately after completing the last. I have to bring down the IOS app or the FlowSync program on my iMac to prevent this. It does charge quite fast though, and the graphics are good. It's fairly intuitive, which is fortunate since the manual is virtually non-existant. I couldn't update the software at first until I put in a problem report and ended up uninstalling, rebooting, re-downloading FlowSync using Safari, and syncing/updating again. The update took quite a while but did complete this time. I feel like it's adequate to replace my previous Polar watch with it's sealed chest strap (that had to be repurchased periodically) and I guess I'm willing to live with the under reporting of my heart rate (and thus lower calorie burn). The customer service was quite good.

EDIT: After about a month of use, the update seems to have changed the way updates are made. It no longer fully updates on demand. Instead, with the app running, it seems to update periodically behind the scenes. While it is sometimes required to wait a while for the update to happen, it seems to be reliable. I have also had the touchscreen stop working and there is no manual but I kept the button pushed and eventually it did a reboot and after the reboot the touchscreen works again. It does record steps, but it doesn't translate a lot of steps automatically into a workout (as fitbits do). Thus if you want to walk for a workout, you have to start a workout on the watch. The online site is good, though various types of workouts have very different information available (and I can't quite predict what I'm going to get). However remember I bought this because my previous polar watch has been obsoleted by Polar. It still works, but I can no longer upload the workouts. So there is no guarantee of how long this watch will be supported.

EDIT: After about 3 months, it has a new issue. Every once in a while, say every month, it just stops updating to online no matter how many times you try to sync to your phone. The only thing I've found to fix that is to attack the cable to my Mac and sync directly to the computer. I guess we have to say that this watch has a lot of capability, but it is a BUNDLE of problems you're going to have to address constantly.

EDIT: New bug after more time on the wrist. The most consistent way to sync is to kill the app on the phone and then restart it. Then to connect it to power and then press the button to take it off the charge screen. Then go to the Activity screen and then press the button until it says it's syncing. However, sometimes after successfully syncing, it syncs again and errors out, leaving you with the error screen. The new bug is that sometimes if you do not reboot for a while, it stops charging even when connected. Also over time it seems to underestimate the heart rate to an increasing degree. I probably will end up trying to replace this thing this summer.

37 people found this helpful

PEDDLEPOWER

Easy setup

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023

This watch was easy to charge and pair with my phone. I am ready to start training.

One person found this helpful

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Ariane

Relógio muito bom!

Reviewed in Brazil on October 29, 2023

Size: S-LColor: Champagne / GoldVerified Purchase

O relógio da Polar dessa categoria são para atletas iniciantes, onde há gps,
Categorias de tipo de treino, consegue trocar uma música, ver a notificação do seu celular. Apesar da sua funcionalidade, a sincronização deixa um pouco a desejar, demora um pouco ou até mesmo a conexão se perde. Meu companheiro tem um modelo Polar também e acontece a mesma coisa. Sendo assim, vejo que é uma melhoria que a Polar deveria fazer.

Mas, no geral, o relógio me atende bem.

One person found this helpful

Cintia Gabriela Hernández Rojas

Excelente para mis rutinas de natacion

Reviewed in Mexico on May 23, 2023

llego muy rapido y en muy buen estado, lo uso para practicar natacion y lleva muy bien el control de mis rutinas

Juan Manuel Diaz Garcia

Muy buen producto

Reviewed in Mexico on December 18, 2022

Size: S-LColor: Black / PearlVerified Purchase

Cumplió mis expectativas.

marleen

C'est ma 3 ieme polar et j'adore

Reviewed in Canada on December 3, 2021

Size: S-LColor: Black / PearlVerified Purchase

C'est ma 3 ieme Montre Polar . Bon produit fiable comme toujours

Bérénice

Nickel

Reviewed in France on January 18, 2024

Size: S-LColor: Champagne / GoldVerified Purchase

Très belle et pratique. Ça fait maintenant 3 ans que je l'utilise. Le logiciel Polar Flow renseigne beaucoup de données et il est gratuit.
L'affiche sur la montre n'est pas parfait. Quand on affiche un cadrant analogique, il est coupé en bas par le logo.